Model trains have a way of captivating both the young and the young at heart and for the Pahrump Model Railroad Club, the passion runs deep. To share their love of the hobby and hopefully inspire ...

A new run of HO scale Electro-Motive Division SW1 end-cab switchers is now available from Wm. K. Walthers Inc. The Mainline-series model has received several upgrades since I last reviewed it in the ...

Q: What layout is behind Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno when he hosts “Cody’s Office” on Trains.com? — James ...

The Speedy Creek Model Railroad Club welcomed train enthusiasts from across Saskatchewan this week during a public train show at the Swift Current Mall. Club member Tim Marcus said the event was ...

John Vavra, whose Santa Fe Lines layout was featured in the December 2021 issue of Model Railroader, died on April 17, 2026. He was 72 years old. John's 20 x 22-foot walk-in layout was set in northern ...

Doug Connelly took a long look a few years ago when he saw a next-door neighbor winding an old garden hose around the backyard. That garden hose marked the path of his neighbor Frank Stellar’s grand ...

HO scale’s popularity has endured for nearly 100 years despite many other scales and formats. HO scale model trains are a significant part of model railroading history, and we can partially credit the ...

Choosing model rail sizes is one of the things modelers often spend time on when building their second layout. We often start with whatever came in the train set we began with, but then we start to ...

For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...